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Mike dealt with his breakup surprisingly well. When he rebuffed Harvey’s offers of talking about what happened it appeared that he genuinely didn’t need to talk about it. He’d say things like “It’s for the best” and “It was only a matter of time” and he’d smile and change the subject and Harvey would let him.Mike was happy. He was admitted to the Bar. He was a Junior Partner. And though neither of them said it he’d been certain that Mike had to know that as soon as it was acceptable Mike would become a Senior Partner and then one day down the track their names would be side by side on the wall (with or without Louis, preferably without).There was a plan. An unspoken one, true, but a plan nonetheless. One that started to crumble the day Harvey came home to find Mike sitting on the couch, in the dark, sipping a whiskey as he stared off into space.

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“Did I ever tell you about my dad?”“I think you know the answer to that question.”So Harvey does. He tells Mike that his dad was a musician, a saxophone player, and that he played with all the greats because they all loved him.Mike may be too stoned to react, but he isn’t too stoned to realize.It was five years ago now but he remembers. He remembers looking up the sheet music when he was planning his tattoo. He remembers seeing lyrics by Riley Ellis, music by Gordon Specter in the top right hand corner. He even remembers meeting Harvey and being amused by the coincidence of the surname.But it’s not a coincidence. It can’t be.

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Harvey knew the rules. Normally he only learned them so he’d know the best and most clever way to bend them, stretch and twist them to his liking but never quite break them.This was different. Mike was different.

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The hallways are empty. Quiet. Which they probably should be, given that it’s nearly three in the morning. But still, Harvey can’t help but think that there should be more activity, more noise. Mike is lying in that hospital bed fighting for his life yet the world around them is utterly still. Shouldn’t it matter, that Mike is asleep and might never wake up? Shouldn’t the fact that Harvey’s world is falling down around him come with more commotion?